minesweeper in English

noun
1
a ship or aircraft equipped for detecting and removing or destroying tethered explosive mines.
Several thousand underwater mines were placed in the Gulf waters during the first Gulf War, and even though U.S. and coalition minesweepers removed more than 13,000 mines from the Gulf, some could still remain.

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1. The Accentor-class minesweeper, sometimes called the Accentor/Acme-class minesweeper, was a small minesweeper used by the United States Navy during World War II.The Accentor-class minesweeper was designed for the sweeping of mines in harbors, bays, and other littoral waters.

2. USS Clamour (AM-160) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S

3. Hamilton continued this duty until converted to a fast minesweeper in June 1941.

4. USS Adroit (AM-509/MSO-509) was an Acme-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S

5. Hovey converted to a high speed minesweeper and was reclassified DMS-11 19 November 1940.

6. USS Accentor (AMc-36), was a coastal minesweeper and the lead ship of the Accentor class.

7. As the landings began early next day, the minesweeper continued to patrol the vital transport area.

8. After landing her troops and supplies without opposition, Talbot attempted to pull the minesweeper free but failed.

9. Jeffers was converted to a destroyer-minesweeper at New York, and was reclassified DMS-27 on 15 November.

10. Most of the troops and wounded were taken off by the minesweeper Speedwell and the destroyer Havant.

11. On 26 April 1952, Wasp collided with destroyer minesweeper Hobson while conducting night flying operations en route to Gibraltar.

12. The Anapsid is a tier 5 tank that upgrades from the Minesweeper and the Auger at level 60.

13. There, two Tribal-class destroyers and an Algerine minesweeper wait while 20 Fleet Air Arm aircraft circle overhead.

14. In 1940, she was converted to a high-speed destroyer minesweeper and, on 19 October, was reclassified DMS-10.

15. Others we randomly assign to procrastinate by dangling Minesweeper in front of them for either five or 10 minutes.

16. The Cardioid is a tier 5 tank that upgrades from the Minesweeper and the Glass Smasher at level 60

17. The AIM Institute helps you grow organically via B2B-optimized VOC (New Product Blueprinting), B2B product launch (LaunchStar) & de-risking (Minesweeper)

18. USS Ranger (SP-369), was a minesweeper built in 1882 and commissioned in 1918, and used in coastal defense until returned to her owner in 1919.

19. Now, Minesweeper is awesome, but it's not the driver of the effect, because if you play the game first before you learn about the task, there's no creativity boost.

20. Looking through his periscope, Oblt Reith abruptly finds himself staring at an Algerine-class minesweeper, HMCS Esquimalt, in the act of turning and preparing to run straight at him.

21. This page shows answers to the clue Clamour.Clamour may be defined as “Clamour is the collective noun for a group of rooks” and “The USS Clamour was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1942”

22. USS Broadbill (AM-58), was an ‹See TfM› Auk -class minesweeper of the United States Navy, named after the Broadbill, a hunters' nickname for the greater scaup, a diving duck common in the winter along the Atlantic coast.

23. Carnatic Wars, a series of military conflicts in India during the 18th century; HMIS Carnatic (J199), a Bangor class minesweeper of the Royal Indian Navy, that served in World War II HMS Carnatic (1783), a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the

24. When he was informed by a mysterious radio message of an oncoming German minesweeper convoy, he decided to activate his ship's red and green navigation lights so as to avoid a collision in the dark, making Wilhelm Gustloff easy to spot in the night.

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26. The rest of the fleet consisted of five destroyers, two "Algerines," a small minesweeper and a motor launch. Another 42 ships were in reserve, ranging from destroyers to an obsolete anti-submarine yacht, but 15 of these were only technically in this category since they were awaiting disposal.